>>> TOUGHEN UP.

THOSE OTHER STERN WORDS TO HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS IN THE WAKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DOMESTIC POLICY AS THEY SEARCH FOR THEIR WAY FORWARD AND OBAMA IMPLORED HIS PARTY TO STAND UP FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW AND THINK ARE RIGHT.

THE GOVERNOR IS COMMITTED TO DOING JUST THAT IN HIS STATE AND HE SPEAKS TO MARTIN ABOUT HOW HE'S GOING TO BE DOING IT.

>> THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.

>> WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

YOU ARE HIGHLY VISIBLE, BUT YOU ARE ALSO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

YOU ARE EXPERIENCING WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE TRIPLE WHAMMY.

WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE WHOLE ECONOMIC PICTURE?

BY THE STATE'S OWN NUMBERS, THEY LOST 3500 FEDERAL POSITIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER IN A STATE WHERE NEARLY 7% OF THE WORKING POPULATION IS OR WAS FEDERALLY EMPLOYED, SO HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THIS MOMENT?

HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT NAVIGATING THIS?

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IT'S A CHALLENGING MOMENT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GREATER LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO FEDERAL CUTS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY.

I HAVE OVER 260,000 FEDERAL JOBS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND OVER 160,000 FEDERAL JOBS, SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE PETS TO THE NIH AND SOCIAL SECURITY, THESE ARE JUST REAL INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COUNTRY, BUT THEY ARE OFTENTIMES MARYLANDERS ARE NOW LOSING THEIR JOBS.

WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WAYS TO SUPPORT FEDERAL WORKERS AND WE WERE THE FIRST IN OUR COUNTRY TO ANNOUNCE A PLOT CALLED THE FEDS TO ADS, WHICH MEANS IF A PERSON IS A LAID-OFF FEDERAL WORKER AND HAVE AN INTEREST AND SKILL SET TO BECOME AN EDUCATOR OR TEACHER IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, THEN WE ARE GOING TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS, CUT THE RED TAPE GET THEM INSIDE OF CLASSROOMS AND YOU ONLY SEE IN THE FIRST MONTHS THAT IT IS GOING TO CUT ABOUT 10% OF OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE THAT EXISTED IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS TO BE IDLE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW THEY CAN UTILIZE AND ACTUALLY THE BUILDER NEEDS, AS WELL.

VERY PROUD OF THE RESULTS WERE MARYLAND IS ONE OF THE FASTEST JOB GROWTH RATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT OUR EMPLOYMENT RATE RIGHT NOW IS 3.2%, WHICH IS MORE THAN A FULL POINT LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

I'M PROUD THAT MARYLAND HAS HELPED ME THIS MOMENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATES HAS REALLY BEEN SEVERING.

>> IS A VERY DIVERSE STATE AND ALSO HAS RURAL AREAS.

THESE MEDICAID CUTS THAT ARE PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S TAX AND SPEND BILL, THE REPUBLICANS DON'T CALL IT CUTS, BUT EVERYBODY CALLS THEM CUT, BECAUSE WORK REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE WORK REQUIREMENTS WILL CALL CAUSE PEOPLE TO BE DROPPED FROM THE ROLLS AND REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

IT'S A TECHNICAL ISSUE.

HOSPITALS IN THE RURAL AREAS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

IS THAT A CONCERN OF YOURS?

>> THIS IS A DEVASTATING HIT.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WITH THE NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS AGRICULTURE.

RURAL SUPPORT AND RURAL HOSPITALS ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT IN ADDITION TO OUR HEALTHCARE.

I WAS RECENTLY ON THE SHORE SPEAKING TO FOLKS, BECAUSE WE FINISHED MAKING HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN RURAL HOSPITALS BOTH IN EASTERN SHORE AND WESTERN MARYLAND.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ON THE STATE LEVEL AND MY ADMINISTRATION MADE INVESTMENTS IN HEALTHCARE AND WE ARE NOW SEEING THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS NOW PROPOSING CUTTING ABOUT A QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS FROM MARYLAND'S RURAL HOSPITALS.

THIS IS NOT EVEN AN INCONVENIENCE.

THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE FROM MANY OF OUR HOSPITALS.

DOES THE PERSON HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET NOT JUST SPECIALIZED CARE, BUT BASIC PRIMARY CARE TO GET THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET IT, SO THERE IS A DEEP LEVEL UNFAIRNESS THAT EXISTS IN THE WAY THE BILL WAS STRUCTURED AND IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO?

SOME STATES ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP A RURAL HEALTH FUND AND THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF THAT IN BILL THAT DOES OFFER SOME SUPPORT FOR RURAL HOSPITALS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER AND IT IS NOWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE CUT, BUT IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT.

AGAIN, THAT'S ARITHMETIC MY CALCULUS.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO MAKE OF THAT DIFFERENCE?

>> YOU SAID IT BEST.

IT'S ARITHMETIC.

WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED IS ALMOST OFFENSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE CUTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TO HEALTHCARE AND THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE STATES INCLUDE MARYLAND THAT HAS THE RESOURCES TO MAKE UP FOR WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST DECIDES TO CUT THEMSELVES OUT OF A PROCESS.

WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOOKS AT OUR STATES AND SAYS, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN AND LOOKS AT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SAYS YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

THIS IS DAMAGING AND WE ARE GETTING CREATIVE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND AS WE SAY, WE LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.

THERE IS NO STATE TO HAVE A BALANCE SHEET TO SIMPLY MAKE UP OR WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF PAIN POINTS FOR MARYLAND SPECIFICALLY.

ONE IS THAT THE FBI HEADQUARTERS WAS SCHEDULED TO MOVE TO MARYLAND.

IT'S A LONG-TERM PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE FACILITY AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED THE HEADQUARTERS TO REMAIN IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS SUPPOSED TO BE LEAVING MARYLAND FOR WASHINGTON, D.C., AS WELL.

ONE OF YOUR AMUSEMENT PARKS IS CLOSING.

THESE ARE NOT THINGS YOU COULD NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED WHEN YOU RAN FOR GOVERNOR.

NOT TO MENTION, THE KEY BRIDGE.

ONE OF YOUR MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUBS, THE KEY BRIDGE IN THIS FREAK ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED DEATH AND SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS.

ON THE PLUS SIDE, YOU, WITH THE HELP OF FEDERAL PARTNERS WERE ABLE TO HELP GET THE BRIDGE UP AND RUNNING IN FAR LESS TIME THAN PEOPLE HAD ANTICIPATED, WHICH HAS TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THESE ARE REAL ECONOMIC FLOWS.

THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE ALL OF THAT AT THE SAME TIME?

>> ONE THING THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND WHEN THEY ELECTED ME AS GOVERNOR IS THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE ELECTING A SOLDIER.

MY BACKGROUND IS NOT IN POLITICS, BUT ACTUALLY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND ALSO AND THAT SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE THING THAT I ALWAYS LEARNED WAS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT IS PREDICTABLE IS TO EXPECT THE UNPREDICTABLE.

THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE CAME REALIZING AND LETTING OUR FIRST DAYS AND NOT JUST REALIZING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WE INHERITED, BUT LOOKING AT THE OTHER FISCAL REALITIES THAT WERE COMING ON BOARD TO INCLUDE THINGS TO YOUR POINT THAT THE FBI BUILDING, WHICH MARYLAND WORKED FOR A DECADE AND ABLE TO GET IT DONE THAT I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT PLANNING ON PUTTING THE FBI IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLED OR BECAUSE THEY REACHED OUT, BUT I BELIEVE RECEIVED A WASHINGTON POST THAT THEY RANDOMLY AND A CONFERENCE.

THIS IS THE DYNAMIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS DEEPLY FRUSTRATING, BUT THE THING I TELL THEM IS WHEN I WAS FIRST INAUGURATED, 43rd IN THE COUNTRY UNEMPLOYMENT.

NOW, 16 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF THE MOST AND IMPLEMENT RATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

WE WENT FROM BEING ONE OF THE DEADLIEST STATES WHERE YOU SAW THE HOMICIDE RATE IN MARYLAND NEARLY DOUBLE OVER AN EIGHT- YEAR PERIOD BEFORE I BECAME THE GOVERNOR AND NOW THE FASTEST NOT IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IN HISTORY.

THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE KNOW THAT WHEN CRISIS COMES, WE KNOW HOW TO LEAD.

>> WELL, IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT YOU ARE CALLING THESE INVESTMENTS AND YOUR CRITICS CALL THIS A MASSIVE TAX AND SPEND AND THAT MARYLAND -- AND ABOUT 20 LEGISLATORS TO DESCRIBE THE BUDGET AS A MASSIVE TAX AND SPEND BUDGET AND SAYS THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO COUNT IT AS A TAX BUDGET IS JUST INACCURATE.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> 94% EITHER GOT A TAX CUT ON CHANGES IN THE TAX CUT AT ALL.

THE MAJORITY OF MIDDLE-CLASS MARYLANDERS ACTUALLY GOT A TAX CUT AND THE NUMBERS ARE A REPUTABLE.

THE PEOPLE WE DID ASK TO INVEST MORE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF ANYBODY WHO SAW A TAX INCREASE WERE MILLIONAIRES.

WE WORKED WITH EVERYBODY.

I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM ASKING MILLIONAIRES TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, SO WE CAN INVEST IN THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY AND PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE TO INVEST, SO WE ARE NOT LAYING OFF POLICE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND CONTINUING TO LEAD ONE OF THE FASTEST AND VIOLENT CRIME ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I PRIORITIZE THE MIDDLE CLASS.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FEDERAL SIDE WITH THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET, THAT BUDGET PRIORITIZED MILLIONAIRES AND IT IS THE LARGEST CONSOLIDATION OF WEALTH IN WORLD HISTORY.

THAT IS WHAT THEY JUST PASSED.

GIVING MILLIONAIRES A TAX CUT, SO THEY COULD CUT BENEFITS FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

FOR MARYLAND, I DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE DIFFERENTLY AND ACTUALLY MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING THE MIDDLE-CLASS A BREAK AND GIVE WORKING FAMILIES A BREAK.

YES, WE ARE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE VERY WELL TO BE ABLE TO INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE, SO WE CAN HAVE THE TYPE OF SOCIETY THAT EACH OF US CAN BELIEVE IN AND EACH CAN BENEFIT FROM.

>> FORGIVE ME.

IS THE CALCULATION HERE THAT WHATEVER THE TAX INCREASE IS IN MARYLAND WILL BE OFFSET THE TAX CUT ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, SO THAT THE HIGHER EARNERS ARE BASICALLY GOING TO BE ALL WASHED?

IS THAT PART OF THE CALCULATION?

>> THE MOST RECENT BUDGET IN MARYLAND, THERE IS ABOUT $2.5 BILLION WORTH OF CUTS IN MARYLAND'S BUDGET.

I AM THE FIRST GOVERNOR NOW IN OVER A DECADE TO HAVE THREE STRAIGHT YEARS OF DECREASING THE SIZE OF THE GENERAL FUND AND DECREASE SIZE OF STATE GOVERNMENTS.

THIS IS THE LARGEST CUT TO THE STATE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN 16 YEARS, SO WE HAVE SHOWN A REAL MEASURE OF DISCIPLINE AND MODERNIZATION AND FRUGAL AS TO WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING.

AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND THE PEOPLE IN MARYLAND WHO ARE BEING ASKED TO INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE ARE ALSO THE ONES WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUST SAID, HERE IS MY MONEY AND HERE'S HER TAX CUT.

>> THERE IS WITH THE NUMBERS SHOW AND WHAT PEOPLE FEEL.

IS YOUR ARGUMENT THAT THESE INVESTMENTS AS YOU CONSIDER THEM SPENDING, AS REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MARYLAND TO WHERE PEOPLE WILL FEEL IT.

IS THAT YOUR ARGUMENT?

>> I THINK OUR BEHALF.

YOU ARE NOW SEEN FOR EXAMPLE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION WHERE OUR THIRD GRADE READING SCORES HAVE JUMPED 20 STATES SINCE I HAVE BEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THAT WE NOW HAVE SEEN HOW PUBLIC SAFETY AND VIOLENT CRIME HAS HAD AMONGST THE FASTEST DROPS IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY THAT WE ARE SEEING POPULATION INCREASES INTO A SINGLE LARGE POPULATION INCREASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT HISTORY.

I THINK WE ARE SHOWING THAT YOU CAN BE AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT AND YOU CAN FOCUS ON MODERNIZATION WHERE ONE OF THE FIRST TIRES I MADE WAS GOVERNOR AND WAS ACTUALLY HIRED AS BOTH A CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER AND FOCUSING ON MODERNIZATION AND FOCUSING ON STREAMLINING OR CUTTING COST IN A HUMANE WAY, SO PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND ARE SAYING THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING AND OUR STRATEGY IS ACTUALLY WORKING.

AT A TIME WHEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FORCING TO INCREASE PRICES ON EVERYTHING, WORKING FAMILIES, WE BELIEVE THAT WORKING FAMILIES AND TAX CUT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOMICIDE DROP.

68 HOMICIDES THROUGH JUNE AND THE LOWEST IN THE 50 YEARS IS LIKE A 20% DROP AND YOU ARE NOT THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE, BUT WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT.

WHAT IS THE STATE'S ROLE IN THIS?

>> I THINK THE STATE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO COORDINATING WITH LOCAL LEADERS AND THE MAYOR, STATE ATTORNEYS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE MADE THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS IN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY THAT WE INVESTED IN PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TO BE ABLE TO STOP CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND IF THEY CAN TAKE CRIME, I WANT THEM IN HANDCUFFS IN 24 HOURS.

WE CAN INVEST IN COMMUNICATION GROUPS.

THE MOST VIOLENT YOUR RECORDED IN BALTIMORE'S HISTORY WAS 2022.

THE YEAR BEFORE I BECAME THE GOVERNOR.

NOW, THE LEAST VIOLENT YEAR IN RECENT HISTORIES GIVES 2025 TWO YEARS TO OUR GOVERNORSHIP AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FUNDAMENTALLY BREAK THE BACK.

>> THAT IS LIKE A CORRELATION AND NOT CAUSATION.

WHAT IS THE COST?

>> ADVOCATES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND PUT MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND HAVE INVESTED IN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ABLE TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT PUTS CAPITAL IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY FROM THE BALANCE SHEET THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON GENERAL JUSTICE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE REAL FOCUS ON SUPPORTING AND ELEVATING OUR YOUTH AND FOCUSING ISSUES OF POVERTY.

I THINK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THE ABOVE APPROACH TO INCLUDE THE FACT THAT WE ARE PUTTING ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION INTO THE BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO MAKE A MARKETING IMPACT AND ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE GONE FROM IN 2022, THE MOST VIOLENT YEAR IN BALTIMORE'S HISTORY TO ESSENTIALLY NOW HAVING THE LAST IN A HOMICIDE WAS THE SLOW IN BALTIMORE CITY I WASN'T BORN YET AND NOT JUST IN BALTIMORE CITY, BUT YOU NURSING ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND, SO WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT DONE YET.

>> WHAT DO YOU SEE AS A ROLE RIGHT NOW AND PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN DEMOCRATS ON THE WHOLE NATIONALLY ARE NOT THAT HAPPY WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP?

THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE TAKEN AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE IN ADDRESSING THINGS WHERE THE STRONGEST SUPREME AND MANY DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN OPPOSING THINGS WITH WHICH DEMOCRATS PROFOUNDLY DISAGREE.

DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS HAVING A PARTICULAR ROLE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

>> I THINK IT'S TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHICH IS DELIVER HIS RESULTS FOR MARYLAND.

THEY DID NOT ELECT ME TO REVIVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THEY DID NOT ELECT ME TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING.

THEY ELECTED ME, BECAUSE WE COULD DO THINGS LIKE HAVING RECORD DROPS AND WE HAVE RECORD DROPS AND UNEMPLOYMENT.

THEY ELECTED ME BECAUSE WE CAN FOCUS ON MAKING MARYLAND THE FIRST STATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS A SERVICER OPTION ALL GRADUATES AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE CLEARING OF THE FEDERAL CHANNEL IN RECORD SPEED AND I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND WITHIN MY ADMINISTRATION WE DO YES AND NOW AND WE MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING REAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PATHWAYS TO WORK WAVES AND WEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE, SO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RESULTS THAT WE ARE DRIVING IS VERY HUMBLING.

I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.

I ALSO KNOW THAT THE WAY YOU WIN ELECTIONS IS BY ACTUALLY DOING WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE FOR PRESIDENT 2028 AS A DEMOCRAT?

THOUGHTS?

>> RIGHT NOW, FOR ANYONE WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION IN 2028, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION IN 2025.

WE HAVE REAL ISSUES AND ESSENTIALLY A FULL THAT IS TAKING PLACE FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE AND ON OUR FEDERAL WORKERS AND FAMILIES AND ON OUR STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT ANYONE WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2028, THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2025.

>> IS THIS JOB WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE?

>> I LOVE THIS JOB.

IT IS HAVING A CHANCE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT AND DREAMED ABOUT AND HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN ACTION.

IT IS REALLY EXCITING AND WE SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE STATE AND WESTERN MARYLAND, EASTERN SHORE AND EVERYWHERE TO SEE THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE KNOWING THAT THEY HAD A FIGHTER AND EXCITED THEY HAVE A FIGHTER AS THEIR GOVERNOR.

>> GOVERNOR WHITMER, THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU